Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-10-25

fered loss which Is not Immediately
made good. 1t has been equal to the
demand made upon 1t; but II the
demand is soon repeated, there Is not
the same ability TO meet it. There Is q
great difference in persons in this re-
spect as every one knows; but it Is not
always differenceln absolute strength.
OF two men of equal muscular power,
one may be able to "hold out" in o
given exercise or kind Of work much
longer than the other. The one,
for example, can perhaps walk
ten miles without exhaustion,
while the other gets completely tired
out with two miles; or the one, after
walking ten miles and then resting an
hour, can start of and walk another
five miles or moro without fatigue;
while the other can not renew the effort
for the rest Of the day. In this lattcr
case VIC sometimes say that one man
has more elasticity Of strength than
the other, and the metaphor IL an apt
one. He has suffered certain strain,
but, like highly elastic substance, re-
turns readily to the normal condition
when the strain has ceased
Now, the difference between being
accustomed to work without feeling
it." and being fused up" by II, and
the difference between the prompt and
the slow rallying from fatigue, 10 the
difference between the power OF rapid
repair by nutrition, and the absence or
deficiency OF that power; and the aim OF
exercise is to develop or strengthen the
power. What amount or degree of exer-
else will best accomplish this resultf IL
is common mistake TO do too much.
People suppose that the more they can
do before getting exhausted the better,
and so they persist in the exercise until
they are thoroughly exhausted. But
exercise with view to gaining the
power of recuperation should never be
carried SO far rs to exhaust the nervous
energy. No marked feeling Of fatigue
should be produced. If exhaustion Is
experienced, the exercise has boon ex-
cessive, and defeats its purpose.
In athletic training" this principle
is invariably recognized. TIE anbi-
tious youth who is eager TO exercise
overmuch, from his impatient desire 30
gain strength and Guido othors, is adj
monished to limit himself 70 the pre-
else amount Of exercise directed; and
this amount Is gradually increased as
he becomes able to go through it with
out extreme fatigue. And the man who
is his own trainer" should be governed
by the same principle. He should be-
gin with a moderate amount OF work
continued for a brief period. and be
guided in the increase of exercise by
the readiness with which he RECEIVERS
from the fatigue, and regains the power
of comfortably removing the effort.
The common mistake is in seeing how
much one can do before getting ex-
hausted; the aim should rather be TO
see how much one can do and yet rally
from It after brief interval And this
recuperativo power must be the genuine
recovery due TO rost, and plain, nutri-
tious food, not the delusivo renewal OF
vigor which follows the use Of stimu-
lants. II n man finds 1t necessary to
resort TO stimulants after work or exer-
else, that very fact shows that he has
kept up the exertion too long.
II the principle we have attempted to
explain were kept In mind and followed
in practice by those who desire to gain
strength by exercise, there would DO
fewer failures than generally attend tho
unintelligent endeayor in that direction.
--P0pHIGr Science Nrqa 80